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Originally Posted by Azure
Well, IFF.....apparently quite a few people that have studied law disagree with you.
I just read that the Attorney Generals of Florida, South Carolina, Nebraska, Utah, Texas, Pennsylvania, Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Alabama are moving this morning to file suit against the Federal Government.
And from what I read, there are more to come.
Gonna be interesting how this pans out.
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In the end, I doubt it will be all that interesting. The Congress has lawyers too, and my feeling is that if there were merit to this lawsuit, 50 states would be suing--not 10 states with Republican Attorneys General.
Smells like last ditch desperation to me. They've lost, they know it, and they're going for one last hail-mary pass. But their argument is very weak, and my guess is they know that. It amounts to "you can't tax living." But it doesn't--it taxes earned income above a certain level if you choose not to buy health insurance. Their argument is broad, but the legislation is quite narrow.
In the meantime, Obama is signing the bill to-morrow. I expect the moon to turn blood-red and the dead to rise and take their vengeance on the living. Should be fun.
It is worth noting that opponents of the bill on one side feel that it's an unconstitutional affront to liberties and on the other people feel like it does barely enough to qualify as reform. I'm in the latter group.